That's a giant tree...

While on our Sunday morning walk towards brunch, Matt and I stopped in to the CIBC bank on King St to take out some money (mom, we were actually on the phone together!) and found this ginormous Christmas tree in the lobby! For scale, you can see little me at the base. Some of the decorations were the size of my head! Can you imagine this monster in our condo?! Ours is not that impressive, but it is just the right size... We didn't get around to putting it up last weekend, but hopefully this coming Sunday.

I love the holiday season and all the decorations. The Bay already has some of its windows decorated, and the Cavalcade of Lights kicks off this weekend at Nathan Phillips Square, where they will be lighting yet another gigantic tree with all its trimmings. Plus, there are fireworks every Saturday night, usually accompanied by a live band. Check out the schedule by clicking on the link above.

I walked through NPS yesterday and saw some of the prep work, and even without the lights on, it is one pretty darn fantastic tree. The cavalcade (which is also a very hard word to spell) runs throughout December, and I hope to see some of the lights and maybe participate in some of the other activities, including ice skating. The rink is already frozen! Top that off with a cup of hot cocoa, and you've got yourself a perfect winter date.